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High Court of Uganda

The High Court of Uganda is the third court of record in order of hierarchy and has unlimited original jurisdiction, which means that it can try any case of any value or crime of any magnitude. Appeals from all Magistrates Courts go to the High Court. 

The High Court is headed by the Honorable Principal Judge who is responsible for the administration of the court and has supervisory powers over Magistrate's courts. 

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Plot 2, the Square Kampala
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August 2022
Isiagino v Otinga and 2 Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 41 of 2021) [2022] UGHC 107 (31 August 2022)
31 August 2022
Adupo Florence vs Atuto Jacinta (High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 41 of 2021) [2022] UGHC 86 (30 August 2022)
30 August 2022
Namakula v Matsiko (Miscellaneous Application No. 580 of 2021) [2022] UGHC 79 (29 August 2022)
29 August 2022
Fort Portal Municipal Council v Uganda Land Commission and Others (Civil Suit No. 31 of 2014) [2022] UGHC 67 (26 August 2022)
Suit dismissed for want of prosecution due to inordinate, inexcusable delay; costs awarded to 2nd and 3rd defendants.
Civil procedure — Dismissal for want of prosecution; inordinate and inexcusable delay; three-part test (Allen v Sir Alfred); court’s inherent powers and section 17(2) Judicature Act; costs to successful defendants.
 26 August 2022
Bwaligonza v Katwere & Others (Civil Appeal 5 of 2015) [2022] UGHC 123 (25 August 2022)
25 August 2022
Otim William vs Akwanu Silver (High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 35 of 2022) [2022] UGHC 93 (25 August 2022)
25 August 2022
Rukidi & Others v Kyobhuhooro Katanga (Civil Suit 46 of 2007) [2022] UGHC 125 (25 August 2022)
25 August 2022
Mushabe and 2 Others v Kajuna and 2 Others (Revision Application No. 93 of 2005) [2022] UGHC 37 (23 August 2022)
23 August 2022
Mushabe Kafuredi and 2 others vs George Kajuna and 2 others (Revision Application No. 93 of 2005) [2022] UGHC 83 (23 August 2022)
23 August 2022
Uganda v Sseruwagi and 6 Others (Criminal Case 183 of 2019) [2022] UGHC 57 (23 August 2022)
Four accused convicted of murder on corroborated single-witness identification and common intention; two acquitted; lengthy prison terms imposed.
Criminal law – Murder – elements of murder (death, unlawfulness, malice aforethought, participation); Identification by single eyewitness at night – caution and corroboration; Doctrine of common intention – presence, conduct and prior meeting as basis for joint liability; Alibi defence – prosecution duty to disprove; Sentencing – application of Sentencing Guidelines, death penalty not imposed, long custodial terms with remand deductions.
 23 August 2022
Kalungi v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 47 of 2022) [2022] UGHC 15 (18 August 2022)
Appellate court upheld sentence and compensatory order under s.197, correcting compensation to UGX 69,300,000.
Criminal law – Appeal against sentence – appellate restraint; interference only for manifest excess or procedural irregularity
Magistrates Courts Act, s.197 – Power to order compensation in criminal proceedings where civilly recoverable loss is proved
Evidence – proof of loss and partial repayment justifying compensatory order and rectification of miscalculation
Sentencing – offences of obtaining by false pretences and personation – sentences within statutory maxima and not excessive
 18 August 2022
Agama and Another v Okwakol and 11 Others (Land Civil Suit No. 15 of 2017) [2022] UGHC 103 (17 August 2022)
17 August 2022
Hofokam v Tweyambe (Civil Appeal No. 1 of 2021) [2022] UGHC 69 (17 August 2022)
First appeal: court held borrower had repaid loan, documents wrongfully withheld; agent's acts bound lender; damages upheld.
Civil procedure — Section 34(1) Civil Procedure Act — when execution issues require proceedings in executing court; Evidence — proof of payment — receipts and loan statements; Agency — liability for acts of agents/co-agents and adverse inference for failure to call material witness; Damages — assessment of general damages for loss of title documents and consequential inconvenience.
 17 August 2022
Abulo v Ibokit (Miscellaneous Cause No. 6 of 2022) [2022] UGHC 106 (16 August 2022)
16 August 2022
Abid Alam vs Windriver Logistics Limited (Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 219 of 2021) [2022] UGHC 81 (15 August 2022)
15 August 2022
Abid Alam v Windriver Logistics Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 219 of 2021) [2022] UGHC 31 (15 August 2022)
15 August 2022
Semanda and Another v Lake Wamala Farm Ltd and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 1 of 2021) [2022] UGHC 36 (15 August 2022)
15 August 2022
Windriver Logistics Ltd v Mityana Farm Group and 7 others (Miscellaneous Application No. 34 of 2022) [2022] UGHC 34 (15 August 2022)
Court clarifies status quo allowing applicant’s farming works, refuses contempt sanctions, and orders parties to bear own costs.
Civil procedure – contempt of court – requirements: existence of lawful order, knowledge, disobedience – interpretation of interlocutory status-quo orders; status quo clarification permitting farming and related works (water dams, fencing, tree planting) on occupied portion; police buffer zone to be maintained; validity of registered power of attorney; curtailing multiplicity of interlocutory proceedings.
 15 August 2022
Mutesi v Uganda (Criminal Miscellaneous Application No. 57 of 2020) [2022] UGHC 78 (9 August 2022)
9 August 2022